People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to die from respiratory disease as the general population.

This major systematic review shows the scale of the problem and why we need stronger public health action, not just stop-smoking campaigns.

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British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Day 2: @afelsenheimer.bsky.social detailing her work on the effect of self touch on anxiety, Rania-Iman on heartbeat evoked potential analysis, and @hannahsavage.bsky.social presenting a novel test for gastric interoception.

Day 1 posters at #BACN25. @bethlongley.bsky.social @oliwiastecko.bsky.social @chatrins.bsky.social @wilsonlimph.bsky.social presenting a variety of work from the lab, interoceptive protocols, heart-memory, computational modelling & emotion regulation

Always a pleasure to hear the exciting work in a fast presentation data blitz session. From my lab, @oliwiastecko.bsky.social detailing the unexpected journey replicating prior work on memory & the heart. Find out more in poster #4 at #BACN2025

Day 2 of the symposium on the self @royalsociety.org has just started with @sarahgarf.bsky.social talking about interoception, heart signals and their preconscious impact!🫀🧠 Lovely to see mentions of papers which inspired me to embark on my PhD project in the first place! #selfRS2025

Great to hear @mtsakiris.bsky.social discuss his latest developmental interoceptive research, lots to understand about developmental phases of interoceptive vs expeoceptive processing #SelfRS2025

Day 1 of the symposium on the self @royalsociety.org is spoiling us with interdisciplinary discussions on the concepts and dimensions of self! Many thanks to @tonyjprescott.bsky.social @awykowska.bsky.social @sarahgarf.bsky.social & Paul Verschure for organising this illuminating event! #selfRS2025